CIS 105 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Who developed HTML? - ANSWERSWho developed HTML? What is SEO? - ANSWERSSearch Engine Optimization With Web Development Platforms, who designs the website? - ANSWERSBusiness Owners What is the most inexpensive way to make a professional website? - ANSWERSWDPs What is the computer used to browse the Web called? - ANSWERSClient What is a misnomer when referring to the Internet? - ANSWERSThat you visit websites What is kept in cache? - ANSWERSWeb Browsing History What are tags c...

Given the formula=B1*B2+B3/B4^2 where B1 contains 3, B2 contains 4, B3 contains 32, and B4 contains 4, what is the result? - ANSWERS14 Why would you press Ctrl+' in Excel? - ANSWERSTo display cell formulas Which of the following is a nonadjacent range? - ANSWERSA1:A10, D1:D10 If you want to balance a title over several columns, what do you do? - ANSWERSMerge and center the data over all columns. What should you do if you see a column of pound signs (###) instead of values or results...

What part of the computer coordinates memory? - ANSWERSOperating System What are the largest and most powerful business computers? - ANSWERSMainframes What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? - ANSWERSCopy (or Cut) and Paste Acquiring technology when it is first introduced is called what? - ANSWERSbeing a leader Running more than one application at a time is called what? - ANSWERSMultitasking What computers process large amounts of data for a mid-sized business? - ANS...

Who sold (leased) IBM MS-DOS? - ANSWERSGates and Allen What does MS-DOS stand for? - ANSWERSMicrosoft Disk Operating System What is the dominant OS in the operating system market? - ANSWERSWindows Who developed the earliest Mac OS? - ANSWERSJobs and Wozniak Is an OS system software or application software? - ANSWERSSystem What is another name for an OS? - ANSWERSPlatform Which is not a major OS in business? - ANSWERSBorland System Platform Which operating system is open-sour...

CERN - ANSWERSCenter for European Nuclear Research- Where Tim Berners-Lee invented a standard programming language. Homepage - ANSWERSTypically called the "index". Uniform Research Locators - ANSWERSURL is the address of a website and have components that make it up. Browser Application Software - ANSWERSWhat displays the website. Design (123) - ANSWERSA good design of a website can be a customer's initial impression of a business. Bookmarks - ANSWERSAlso called "favorites"; ...

How many days can you miss in CIS105 before being penalized? - ANSWERS5 What is the penalty for missing more than 5 days of CIS105 in a semester? - ANSWERS5% reduction of your overall grade After the grace period has expired for any assignment (Lecture or Lab,) what is the penalty? - ANSWERS25% reduction What law predicts that Google Earth will become Google Live? - ANSWERSMoore's Law What is the most important part of an information system? - ANSWERSPeople Does the average busin...

Computer Hardware? - ANSWERSany part of a computer you can physically touch. Binary Language? - ANSWERSUnlike humans, computers work exclusively with numbers (not words). To process data into information, computers need to work in a language they understand. Eight Binary digits (or bits) equal? - ANSWERSOne Byte. Each 0 or 1 is a ______ digit? - ANSWERSBinary digit, or bit for short. Input Device? - ANSWERSLets you enter data (text, images, and sound) and instructions (users response...

Whose tagline is, "We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us." - ANSWERSAnonymous What is extremely easy to breach? - ANSWERSAn unsecured computer What is the key aspect of an Intranet? - ANSWERSPrivacy What kind of hardware does a firewall use? - ANSWERSProxy Server What keeps unauthorized Internet users out of private intranets? - ANSWERSFirewalls Standard security practices dictate a what? - ANSWERS"Default-deny" Firewall Rules Where...

Most current displays use CRT technology. - ANSWERSFalse Printer resolution is measured by the number of pixels per inch a printer can print. - ANSWERSFalse It is important to exercise caution when using QR codes because they may direct your mobile computer or device to a malicious website or file. - ANSWERSTrue A smaller frame rate results in a smaller file size for a video, as well as a smoother playback. - ANSWERSFalse Another name for a graphics tablet is a(n) _______. - ANSWERSD...

Which of the following is NOT an example of a paradigm shift? - ANSWERSGoogle Live What is the foundation required for executives to make sound technology decisions? - ANSWERSBehavioral, technical, business, and management theories about the components and roles of information systems People that use computers are called ________. - ANSWERSEnd-users Which of the following is a component of IT? - ANSWERSLaptops Smartphones Macs (All of the above) What is an example of a core compet...